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Month: November 2023

Regulators and law enforcement crack down on crypto’s bad actors. Congress has yet to take action

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the structure of the industry. The latest shoe to drop is Binance’s multibillion dollar settlement with U.S. authorities this week.

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2 charged with operating sex ring that catered to wealthy clients will remain behind bars for now

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Two people accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs will remain behind bars for now. Lawyers for Han Lee and Junmyung Lee agreed to a voluntary order of detention during a brief court

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Rebels claim to capture more ground in Congo’s east, raising further concerns about election safety

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda claims to have seized a key town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region amid intense fighting. It raises further security concerns ahead of the country’s Dec. 20 presidential election. The Associated Press is not immediately able to verify

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Estados Unidos tiene una “lista preliminar” de rehenes que probablemente serán liberados por Hamas el jueves, dice una fuente

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los funcionarios estadounidenses tienen una lista preliminar de 10 rehenes que creen que probablemente serán liberados de Gaza el primer día, dijo a CNN una fuente familiarizada. Se desconoce si alguno de los tres rehenes estadounidenses, incluida Abigail Edan, de tres años, sería liberado el primer día. El acuerdo

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“No hay indicios de terrorismo” en la explosión mortal de un auto en la frontera entre Canadá y EE.UU., dice gobernadora de Nueva York

urielblanco (CNN) — La mortal explosión de un automóvil en el puente Rainbow, en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Canadá no parece estar relacionada con el terrorismo, dijo la gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul. “Quiero ser muy, muy, clara para los estadounidenses y los neoyorquinos: en este momento no hay indicios de un

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Demanda acusa a Axl Rose de agredir sexualmente a una exmodelo de la revista Penthouse

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Axl Rose, vocalista de la banda de rock Guns N’ Roses, fue acusado de agredir sexualmente a una modelo de la revista Penthouse en una demanda presentada este miércoles en Nueva York. La modelo y actriz Sheila Kennedy, identificada como la demandante, asegura que Rose la agredió sexualmente “violentamente” en 1989 después

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Closing arguments in Vatican trial seek to expose problems in the city state’s legal system

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Lawyers for a once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoners to their completely shattered theory” in closing arguments of a trial that has raised fundamental questions about the rule of law in the city state. Attorneys for Cardinal Angelo Becciu told the court the

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